This is a sad experience shared by a Hong Kong father who immigrated to the UK on the Internet: his daughter brought Chinese lunch at school, but was excluded and isolated by her classmates.
This sharing sparked heated discussion among netizens on social platforms: As Hong Kong immigrants, should we give up the Chinese dietary tradition in order to integrate into British society with the next generation?
1. Hong Kong couple immigrated to the UK and excitedly made Chinese lunch for their daughter. They took them to school to make friends
At the Hong Kong Immigration Community Forum in the UK, a father who had just moved to the UK shared a story that made him sad.
After leaving Hong Kong and coming to the UK, the couple began to rack their brains for their children's admission and tried their best to do everything possible.
After all efforts, he and his wife finally successfully entered a well-known primary school in the UK, and felt much more at ease.
In order to allow her daughter to eat well at school, the Hong Kong couple carefully prepared Chinese lunches at home and asked her daughter to take her to school.
also has Hong Kong style char siu, Guangdong fried noodles, meat, vegetables, and rice. The combination of meat and vegetables is evenly matched, and it can be said that there are many varieties.
The father also specifically instructed his daughter: "I prepared some lunch more. After I arrived at school, I shared these lunches with other children to establish a good relationship with my classmates."
But what I never expected was that every night when my daughter came back, she asked how her lunch was, and she always didn't speak, and silently returned to the room and closed the door.
For a moment, the couple didn't know whether the food was not in line with their appetite or whether something happened at school.
2. My daughter cried: The British classmate thinks Chinese food is strange, and she isolates her
Finally one day, the father couldn't help it and knocked on the door to ask: "Is there a problem with the taste of lunch?"
As a result, the daughter cried sadly: "The classmates don't make friends with me, and they think what I eat is strange."
It turned out that when my daughter was eating Chinese food such as fried noodles and char siu at school, the British classmate next to her ate fried food, fries and tomato sauce.
No one was willing to share these Chinese meals with her, and he thought the lunches she had were very strange.
Over time, due to the difference in lunch, my daughter was isolated by her British classmates and did not play with her.
"They all think that people who eat strange foods are also strange, so they never play with me."
is different from us. In schools in the UK, lunch is very simple, so simple that it is hard to believe.
3. Hong Kong couples feel heartbroken: We want the next generation to make friends with the British, why is it so difficult
This Hong Kong father said on the forum: "When I heard my daughter say these words, I felt so heartbroken that I wanted to cry at that time."
"I don't know how to help her, but I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to integrate a brand new society. I can only pray with her."
Wife 0 Zi later cried on his social account: "We couple only want the next generation to make friends with the British, truly integrate into the local society, and become one of them, but they didn't expect it to be so difficult."
"What should we do? Will we completely let her adapt to the taste of the British diet?"
4. Netizens argue: Should children adhere to the Chinese diet tradition or compromise with the taste of the British taste
This Hong Kong immigrant shared story has also sparked heated discussions among netizens on the Internet.
The focus of everyone's discussion is: "As Hong Kong immigrants, when children are isolated and difficult to integrate, should they adhere to the Chinese dietary tradition or compromise with local British tastes."
Some netizens believe that they should still adhere to their Chinese dietary tastes, which is not only a dietary choice, but also a cultural identity.
"For children, these Chinese lunches represent the roots of culture and should not be easily discarded."
"It can be improved and combined with the local British taste, but there is no need to give up Chinese catering completely."
"There are so many Chinese immigrants around the world, but most of them still retain their own Chinese catering culture, and this point should still be persisted."
" You must think about it first. British cuisine is the most unpalatable meal in the world. How do you let your children integrate into adapting? "
Other netizens believe that for immigrants, the most important thing is to integrate into the local society and learn to compromise.
" This father should make more children's lunches in the UK, such as Indian spring rolls, Mexican tortillas , etc., to help children quickly integrate into British culture. "
" Since you have chosen to immigrate, it means you must agree with the culture of another country, and naturally you must give up and compromise in your diet. "
" is recommended to focus on British flavors, otherwise it will be difficult for children to truly take root in the UK, and that will lose the meaning of immigration. "
" The school lunch in the UK is really too simple. Sometimes it is sandwiches and apple , it depends on whether your child can tolerate it. ”
What do you think about the next generation of immigration experience shared by this Hong Kong father?
